Recently I’ve been on a bit of a shield kick. One-on-one with Shields: Upsetting the conventional wisdom shows a video by Roland Warzecha of Dimicator, and how he’s using a heater shield much like he uses a buckler. While he owns the fact that he’s an expert in sword-and-buckler play based on the I.33 manual, he’s…
For those coming in from Dimicator: welcome, and thanks for visiting! My stats rather firmly reflect a deluge of traffic thanks to Roland’s Facebook share. For those looking for other stuff: More on shields My experiences starting to get into viking-style martial arts with Ásfólk: And welcome to all! Forget All You Know Roland Warzecha…
One blog I love to pop in and read is The Monsters Know What They’re Doing, by Keith Ammann. Each post breaks down a particular monster or monster type, looks at their writeup and stats, and assumes that, you know, the monsters aren’t dumb. They’re optimized for filling their ecological, magical, or theological niche and don’t…